Tox-Zentrum (Poison Control Centre) is an advisory service. Call 145 from within Switzerland and +41 44 251 51 51 from abroad. In case of symptoms or impairment of consciousness, call an ambulance 112 or 144.

ch.ch is the online presence of the Swiss authorities and available in English. The link will take you directly to the very helpful and informational page regarding pregnancy and birth - everything you need to know about registering your newborn, health insurance and much more.

Rockmybaby® Switzerland is a franchise of the international nanny and babysitting agency providing Nannies, AuPairs, Housekeepers and Babysitters to families across Switzerland.

KiddieLand published a checklist for parents to help finding THEIR KiTa (Kindertagesstätte)/childcare. KiddieLand is a bilingual childcare provider in Zürich.

myNanny helps with the search for live-in nannies and provides qualified and affordable childcare.

Ms. Poppins is an English speaking Day Mother Service (Tagesmutter) in Erlenbach, ZH, with over 25 years experience.

care 4 kids provides babysitters and nannies in the city of Zürich, the right , left and lower Lakeside and in Zürcher Unter- and Oberland, including emergency services.

quitt.ch provides the service to employ and register domestic help in accordance with legal requirements.

Driving & Swiss Driver's License

bfu - Kinder im Auto is a brochure by the bfu with the regulations how children need to be secured in car seats in Switzerland.

Reiseziele - Travel Destinations The website of the Swiss Touring Club lists mandatory requirements for within the car when travelling abroad (German, French and Italian).

Der Schweizer Fahrlehrervergleich lets you search for driving instructors and driving schools by the services they provided, including an instructing language search option.

Schweizerischer Fahrlehrer Verband explains the different components of the application process and the steps to get your Swiss driver's license. There is also information about the road awareness theory course (G, F)

Mannhard Fahrschule is a Swiss Driving School located in Oerlikon, Zurich offering the road awareness theory course as a private option at competitive prices in English, Italian, French and sign language.

Fahrschulz is a driving school located in Gattikon, Zurich offering practical lessons classes and theory classes in English (latter ones in an individual base). Contact Christian Schulz via his website.

Fahrschule Peter Berger offers car and motorbike lessons in the areas Dübendorf, Volketswil, Fällanden, Schwerzenbach, Effretikon and surroundings. Peter also offers the Verkehrskundeunterricht VKU (Road Awareness Lessons) in English on demand. You can contact Peter via his website.

2-Phasen.ch is a website with all information required to learn about the mandatory further education courses (WAB) required before converting a temporary license into a permanent license (German, French and Italian only)

TCS Suisse has information about the WAB courses (in French called Formation en deux phases) on their website.

Canton Geneva also has information about the course "formation en deux phases" on their website (French only).

Providers of WAB courses in English

Drivers Competence Centre DCC AG is located in Biel-Benken (courses offered in JU, AG, BS and BL) and offers the WAB courses in German, English and French. The website is German only.

Verkehrszentrum Tuggen AG is located in Tuggen, SZ (courses offered SZ and SG) and offers the WAB courses in German, English and Spanish. The website is German only.